Korean Catholics mark day of prayer for reconciliation between North, South
June 21, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: The Church in Korea marked June 25 as a day of prayer for reconciliation and national unity between democratic South Korea and Communist North Korea.
Bishop Simon Kim Jong-gang of Cheongju, South Korea, chairman of the National Reconciliation Committee of the Korean Bishops’ Conference, asked, “What can we do now that inter-Korean relations are on the brink of collapse? What we can do is our own conversion.”
“I am concerned because we see the hope that conflicts can be resolved through dialogue and cooperation almost disappearing, because it seems that only security through the use of military force is at the forefront,” he added. “We must ask God for help, and the laity must take the initiative” in promoting dialogue.
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